Bin Wan

Biography

I graduated from NanKai University environmental science program with a bachelor's degree in 1997 and then continued my education at the Institute of Environmental Health and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine with a Master of Science degree in 2000. I joined the University of Tennessee, Knoxville in August 2000 and received my Doctoral of Philosophy degree with the major of ecology and evolutionary biology in 2004. Since then I was doing my post-doc research in the department of veterinary medicine, UTK and joined the Research Center for Eco-environmental Sciences, CAS, in 2007

Research Interest

My research is focused on the toxicity and toxic mechanisms of single-walled carbon nanotubes on immune system by using variable techniques including microarray and bioinformatics. I am currently also involved in the 973 project for studying the toxic effects and molecular mechanisms of PBDE and PFCs